- Svelvik
Infobox_Kommune
name=Svelvik
idnumber=0711
county=Vestfold
landscape=
capital=Svelvik
governor=Knut Erik Lippert (H)
governor_as_of=2003
arearank=419
area=58
arealand=56
areapercent=0.02
population_as_of=2004
populationrank=153
population=6,445
populationpercent=0.14
populationdensity=115
populationincrease=8.1
language=Bokmål
lat_deg=59| lat_min=37| lat_sec=25| lon_deg=10| lon_min=22| lon_sec=18
utm_zone=32V| utm_northing=6610310 |utm_easting=0577378| geo_cat=adm2nd
munwebpage=www.svelvik.kommune.no
Audio|Svelvik.ogg|Svelvik is a municipality in the county of Vestfold,Norway .The town of Svelvik was separated from
Strømm as a municipality of its own in 1845. The two municipalities were again merged to oneJanuary 1 ,1964 .The village is quite characteristic, with small winding streets and traditional, white-painted houses. Svelvik is a summer paradise with many possibilities for swimming and sunbathing.
The narrow
Svelvikstrømmen sound separates Svelvik from the municipality ofHurum , and the county ofBuskerud . This sound is served by aferry , which has the shortest line in Norway.In 2004, Svelvik was ranked as the worst place in Norway to live for young people, by national radio channel P3
The name
The Norse form of the name was "Sverðvík". The meaning of the first element is sword, the last element is "vík" f 'inlet'.
Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from 1957. It shows a
trident , to represent the maritime traditions of the town.
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